Uncle Nine: You were supposed to drive corpses, so you summoned the Monkey King!

The crimson array at the bottom of the sinkhole burst forth with red light.

The surrounding rock walls began to collapse.

The yin energy surged into the sky, making the robes of the five people flutter loudly.

The sect leader of the Nine Netherworld Sect stood up. The muscles on his half-skeletal face were growing.

He intends to use this century-old Yin vein to reshape his physical body and cultivate an evil and malevolent form.

"Let's finish this quickly." Uncle Nine took the purple brush in his hand.

Master Four Eyes was the first to rush forward. His fifty-pound Crimson Thunder Sword came crashing down on his head.

One of the guardians raised his dark iron staff to parry. With a crack, the staff split in two. The greatsword then severed one of his arms.

Master Qianhe formed a sword incantation with both hands, and his long sword unleashed a large number of sword shadows, forcing the other protector to retreat repeatedly.

Master Ikkyu's prayer beads scattered, and all 108 beads struck the third guardian.

Lin Chen faced off against the last one.

The man was carrying two poisoned short knives and moved with incredible speed.

Lin Chen activated the Great Perfection level Divine Summoning Technique. The righteous energy of the Thunder Department enveloped him, and his skin glowed with a layer of purple lightning.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, taking the blow head-on. The short sword struck the lightning, but didn't even break his skin.

Lin Chen grabbed the man's wrist and unleashed a powerful Fiery Golden Thunder Strike.

The protector's body exploded on the spot.

"Form the formation!" Uncle Nine shouted.

Five people jumped into the sinkhole.

While he was in mid-air, Uncle Nine's purple brush had already drawn a Tai Chi diagram in the void.

Master Qianhe landed due east, his long and short swords stuck in the ground, and he bit his middle finger to draw a talisman on the hilt of the swords.

Master Four Eyes landed due south, his Crimson Thunder Sword piercing the rock, and Pure Yang Golden Fire spreading along the ground.

Master Ikkyu landed due west, sat cross-legged, struck the wooden fish, and golden Sanskrit characters appeared in the air.

The innate Bagua formation is complete.

The three elders each guarded one side, trapping the Nine Nether Sect Master in the middle.

Uncle Nine landed due north. The Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror hung above his head, and a pillar of purple-gold light enveloped the sect leader.

Lin Chen did not enter the formation. He stood on a boulder at the edge of the formation, waiting for his opportunity.

The sect leader burst into laughter. The sound echoed at the bottom of the pit.

"You think you can stop my grand plan, which will last for centuries?"

He lifted his hands upwards.

The yin energy underground transformed into four streams of black energy, which struck the surrounding array points respectively.

Master Qianhe groaned, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, his hands gripping the sword hilt without moving.

The Four-Eyed Taoist's pure Yang golden fire was suppressed, and the Crimson Thunder Sword emitted a metallic twisting sound.

Master Ikkyu closed his eyes and struck the wooden fish hammer faster and faster.

Uncle Nine single-handedly withstood the sect leader's frontal assault. A bristle on the purple brush broke off.

"Lin Chen!" Uncle Nine called out.

Lin Chen moved.

He swallowed the three Qi-replenishing pills he had left in one gulp.

The Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture was being circulated at full power. His meridians ached.

The Great Completion level of the Divine Invocation Technique is fully activated. Spiritual power ascends directly to the Heavenly Court, drawing upon the divine thoughts of the Fire Department's righteous gods.

A streak of crimson lightning flashed across the sky.

Lin Chen's eyes turned golden. He leaped off the boulder and crashed towards the sect leader.

The lightning-struck wooden sword, along with the divine fire of the fire department and the armor-piercing energy of Geng metal, merged together.

The sword could not withstand the magical power and cracked.

The sect leader raised his head.

He withdrew the Yin energy from the attack formation and gathered it into a thick black shield above his head.

"Break it!"

Lin Chen gripped the sword with both hands and thrust it into the black shield.

A loud explosion echoed at the bottom of the sinkhole.

The black shield shattered.

Lin Chen's hands were shattered at the base of his thumbs, and blood flowed down the hilt of his sword.

The sect leader wanted to retreat, but Uncle Nine's Bagua Mirror beam of light froze him.

Master Four Eyes blocked their retreat with his sword. Master Thousand Crane's talisman array blocked them from the outside.

Using the momentum, Lin Chen punched the hilt of the lightning-struck wooden sword.

He unleashed a powerful burst of fire, gold, and thunder.

The wooden sword struck by lightning shattered.

It combined the power of Heavenly Thunder Qi, Fire Divine Fire, and Geng Metal Armor-Breaking Qi, piercing through the sect leader's heart.

The sect leader remained still.

A hole the size of a bowl was torn open in his chest. There was no blood inside, only burning lightning.

"Impossible... I've been planning this for a century..."

Before he could finish speaking, purple lightning and fire erupted from his seven orifices.

The Nine Nether Sect Master's physical body and soul were burned to ashes.

With the sect leader dead, the rampaging Yin veins underground lost their traction and began to collapse and shrink.

"Let's go!" Uncle Nine put away the Bagua mirror and grabbed the exhausted Lin Chen.

The five people climbed up the rock wall of the sinkhole.

Just as I climbed out of the sinkhole, the ground beneath my feet collapsed.

The entrance to Guixu was buried by earth and rocks.

The morning sun shines on the bluestone slabs of Renjia Town.

The gates of the mortuary were pushed open.

The five people helped each other walk in, covered in mud.

Qiusheng and Wencai were dozing off on the stone table when they heard the door open and ran over.

"Master, where did you go to dig coal?" Wencai asked casually.

Uncle Nine glared at him.

"Go to the ancestral hall and stand there for two hours as punishment."

Aunt Zhe ran out of the kitchen carrying a large basin of hot water.

Master Four Eyes threw the dulled Crimson Thunder Sword on the ground and sat down on the steps.

"Senior brother, you have to pay me back for this sword."

Uncle Nine took the towel and wiped his face. "Find Lin Chen to compensate. His weapon-forging skills are better than mine."

Lin Chen leaned against a pillar, panting.

His hands were wrapped in bandages, and his whole body ached. But he felt a sense of relief.

Night fell. Lin Chen sat on the bed in the east wing.

He took out a new piece of Xuan Yin Iron, intending to reforge a magic sword once his hand was healed.

Outside the window, Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai were snoring.

In the courtyard, the red Ganoderma lucidum shimmered with a reddish hue under the moonlight.

The sound of the night watchman's drum rang out over the town at midnight.

A line of semi-transparent text appeared before Lin Chen's eyes.

[Host: Lin Chen]

The Nine Netherworld Gate was destroyed, and the Void was sealed. The cause and effect were resolved.

Constitution +10, Strength +10, Agility +10, Spirit +15

[Realm Breakthrough: Earth Master (Early Stage)]

[Settlement complete. Wishing you a pleasant daily life of spiritual practice.]

Lin Chen looked at the data on the panel.

He's a geomancer.

This zombie world has a long way to go.

(End of the book)